Deepest earthquakes may be best at dissipating energy

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 18:40 in Earth & Climate

An investigation of the most powerful earthquake ever recorded deep within the Earth suggests deep quakes may be better at dissipating pent-up energy than similar quakes near the surface, researchers say in a new study.Scientists investigated a magnitude-8.

Read the whole article on MSNBC: Science

More from MSNBC: Science

Learn more about

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net